Israeli ministry counts 262 pro-Palestinian events in 37 countries around Oct. 7 anniversary

Right · 2Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism released a report on Monday, 5 October, on pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel events planned around the third anniversary of the Hamas-led attack of 7 October 2023. 1 2 Right · 2The ministry's National Situation Room identified 262 events in 37 countries between 1 and 14 October, with the largest concentration expected over the weekend after 7 October. 1 2 Right · 1The Jerusalem Post headlined the figure as at least 75 demonstrations on 7 October itself, noting that 29% of all events fall on that day. 2

Right · 2The ministry classified 87 events, about one-third, as posing a medium or high level of risk. 1 2 Right · 2The United States has the most events (45), followed by Spain (40), Australia (21), the United Kingdom (19) and Italy (16); Germany and Canada have 14 each, France 10 and the Netherlands eight. 1 2 Right · 2The ministry named New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Melbourne, Sydney, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Athens, Milan, Rome, Barcelona, Paris, Istanbul, Bangkok, Bogotá and Santiago as the highest-risk locations; the Jerusalem Post adds that Canada has four high-risk events and Greece, Italy, the US and Australia two each. 1 2

Right · 2According to the report, 45 events are expected near an Israeli embassy, consulate or other Israel-linked property, 30 of them within 2.5 kilometres; examples include Dam Square in Amsterdam, Helsinki about 300 metres from the Israeli embassy, Parliament Hill in Ottawa about 350 metres from it, and Frankfurt about 370 metres from a hotel used by Israeli visitors. 2 1 Right · 1The report said the weekend concentration is expected, in part, to maximise participation and public and media exposure. 1 Right · 1The Jerusalem Post added its own analysis: the five leading countries account for about 54% of events, and nearly half of the events within 2.5 km of an Israeli asset are rated medium or high risk. It described Spain's events as a grassroots/BDS-style network, North America's as organised by student and youth groups, and the UK's as led by large national organisations. 2

Right · 1The Post said the ministry report does not itself name Hamas, the PFLP, the PLO or Samidoun as organisers, but argued that some listed groups have documented links or overlap with those networks, citing Israeli research on the Palestinian Youth Movement and a UK government review's criticisms of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. These are the newspaper's characterisations, and the groups' own responses are not given. 2 Right · 1JNS recalled that Hamas-led attackers killed about 1,200 people on 7 October 2023 and took more than 250 hostages to Gaza. 1